Tabbed by: Kengus
Standard tuning
VERSE1
D#5 D5 G5 D#5 D5 G5
I woke up this morning, hunger was gnawing my soul
D#5 D5 G5 D#5 D5 G5
But the preacher man's sermon, won't put no food in my bowl
D#5 D5 G5 D#5 D5 G5
Abidjan to Monrovia, looking for food and a home
D#5 D5 G5 D#5 D5 Gm...
Instead I found factions and armies, in the middle of a combat zone
CHORUS
...C5 D5 G5 D#5 D5 G5
I want love, I need love, I---I want love
C5 D5 G5 D#5 D5 G5
I want love, I need love, and a little food in my bowl
VERSE2
D#5 D5 G5 D#5 D5 G5
Here in this tribal warfare, for food you need money or a gun
D#5 D5 G5 D#5 D5 G5
I signed up, whose side I don't care, at least now I'm someone
D#5 D5 G5 D#5 D5 G5
At parade time the grown-ups are cruel, and all of the soldiers are small
D#5 D5 G5 D#5 D5 Gm...
Commanders and captains and colonels, all kids with their back to the wall
CHORUS
...C5 D5 G5 D#5 D5 G5
I want love, I need love, I---I want love
C5 D5 G5 D#5 D5 G5
I want love, I need love, and a little food in my bowl
BRIDGE
F5 Bb5 C5 - C5 - C5 - C5
They told me I'm joining a family
F5 Bb5 C5 - C5 - C5 - C5
But here I ain't nobody's son
F5 Bb5 D5
My brothers are right here beside me
D#5 D5 G5
We share our hunger and we share our gun
F5 Bb5 C5 - C5 - C5 - C5
Tomorrow we start the offensive
F5 Bb5 C5 - C5 - C5 - C5
Been drinking palm wine all day
F5 Bb5 D5 D#5 D5 Gm...
Gri-gri men can keep us from bullets, but hash won't keep hunger at bay
CHORUS
...C5 D5 G5 D#5 D5 G5
I want love, I need love, I---I want love
C5 D5 G5 D#5 D5 G5
I want love, I need love, and a little food in my bowl
VERSE3
D#5 D5 G5
When it's time the small soldiers march forward
D#5 D5 ( G5 )
When one falls the next takes his gun
( D#5 ) ( D5 ) ( G5 ) D#5 D5 G5
Four to one AK-forty-seven, I was number three but now I'm gone
D#5 D5 G5 D#5 D5 G5
Our future is dying right here, children only ten years old
D#5 D5 G5 D#5 D5 G5
In this tribal colonial nightmare, we're reaping the seeds you have sown
D#5 D5 Gm...
We're reaping the seeds you have sown
CHORUS
...C5 D5 G5 D#5 D5 G5
We want love, we need love, all of us want love
C5 D5 G5 D#5 D5 G5
We want love, we need love, and a little food in our bowls
( C5 ) ( D5 ) ( G5 )
( C5 ) ( D5 ) ( G5 )
( C5 )( D5 ) ( G5 ) ( C5 ) ( D5 ) ( G5 )
I want love, I need love, and a little food in my bowl.
